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Charting the Way Forward

Charting the Way Forward

by Jenifer Fernandez Ancona, Tory Gavito, hosted by Kerry Eleveld and produced by the Way to Win team

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The Kids Are Alright (And They're Voting Early!)

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Research-informed strategy and intelligence from across the winning Democratic coalition, with Way to Win cofounders Tory Gavito and Jenifer Fernandez Ancona, and guest appearances from the broader center-left cinematic universe. Hosted by Kerry Eleveld.

Episodes

The newest 20 of 92 episodes

  • The Kids Are Alright (And They're Voting Early!) · 56 min · Season 1 Episode 90Don’t miss our last episode before the election, as the in-house team discusses what we’re watching just a few days away from November 3. Kerry is joined this week by our…
  • Revolutionary Soil (ft. Jessica Byrd) · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 89This week on Charting The Way Forward: The one and only Jessica Byrd! A nationally recognized political strategist, Byrd has spent the last 18 years intentionally focused on…
  • The Increasing Bernification of Dems (ft. Ryan O'Donnell) · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 88Today we continue our 2-year-anniversary Closing Argument series with Ryan O'Donnell, Executive Director of Data For Progress, to survey the greater political landscape with just…
  • Monolithically Pissed (ft. Chuck Rocha) · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 87Everyone’s favorite Latino expert Chuck Rocha has some news: the old adage that ‘Latinos are not a monolith’ might actually be a lot less true this cycle! Trump has uniformly…
  • Rip Their Heart Out (Nonviolently) ft. Leah Greenberg · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 86Today we're dropping the first episode of our "Closing Argument" series celebrating TWO YEARS of Charting The Way Forward. First up: Indivisible's Leah Greenberg on The…
  • This is a Spiritual Crisis (ft. Ian Bassin) · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 85As Ian Bassin, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Protect Democracy, said on this week's episode, few people would disagree that we're in a crisis of democracy — but we're also…
  • On the Attack: Battleground Polling in the South and Southwest (ft. Luke Martin) · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 67This week, the Way team is in the weeds preparing for the final election day push—so we're revisiting a show from a couple months back with Luke Martin, diving into tough terrain…
  • PLUS NINE??? (feat. Celinda Lake) · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 84This week, we are joined by pollster extraordinaire, friend of the pod, and President and Founder of Lake Research Partners, Celinda Lake, to discuss the rapidly shifting…
  • From Trump Curious to Trump Furious (feat. Terrance Woodbury) · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 83Black voters are poised to make the difference this cycle between Democrats regaining control of the Senate and falling just short. From the Sunbelt states of Texas, Georgia, and…
  • Mississippi Surging (feat. Charles Taylor) · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 82Could the Mississippi Senate race also possibly, somehow, be in play this cycle? According to new polling, ABSOLUTELY. Mississippi NAACP Executive Director Charles Taylor, the…
  • Organizing the Rich (feat. Michael Gast) · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 81More wealthy people than you'd think are funding movements for stopping fascism and enacting fundamental, structural change in our society. Organizer Michael Gast has been on the…
  • Hold the Salty Grapes · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 80Neither the Bernie left nor the right wing Dems have the right path to persuading less engaged voters, but a lot of Dems and their campaigns are starting to get this right in a…
  • Hope on the Edge of the Cliff (feat. Ben Wikler) · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 79Special guest Ben Wikler, former chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, joins Charting The Way Forward this week to talk to host Kerry Eleveld about his new book, "This is…
  • Mega MAGA Corruption (feat. Kristian Ramos) · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 78This week on Charting The Way Forward, we discuss the mood on the Hill heading into the August recess, why Republicans are clinging to immigration like a life raft amid a…
  • Midterms Update: Actually Eye Popping · 1 h 1 min · Season 1 Episode 77For this midsummer midterm election pulse check, Way to Win Political Director Joe Hamill and media and research consultant Dan Ancona join host Kerry Eleveld to cover Dem…
  • More is the New More · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 76Rather than pitching the recent surge of candidates from the left as a story about how voters of all kinds are uniting for the kinds of change most Americans want, most of the…
  • New York: Clutch Everything (feat. Alex Rojas) · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 75For decades and with very few exceptions, challenges to the Democratic establishment have been generally doomed to failure. That changed this week when three Mamdani-endorsed…
  • We Are All Awake Now (feat. Anderson Clayton) · 50 minNorth Carolina Democratic Party Chair Anderson Clayton is one of the most infectiously inspiring leaders from across the entire left and Democratic family. She joins Way to Win…
  • Fresh New Latino Worldviews Study (feat. Gretchen Barton) · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 73Worthy Strategy head researcher Gretchen Barton joins Way to Win Chief Strategy Officer Jenifer Ancona and Superhost Kerry Eleveld to dive into a rich new ethnographic study of…
  • It's Time to Rotate the Crops · 56 min · Season 1 Episode 72Way to Win President Tory Gavito and Consultant of Destiny Dan Ancona join host Kerry Eleveld to talk kitchen table, big tent, WelcomeFest, and big research questions, all…

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